GNU bug report logs - #7482
24.0.50; binhex doc

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2010 17:56:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 24.0.50

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>

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From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
Subject: 24.0.50; binhex doc
Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2010 09:58:57 -0800

Library binhex.el is woefully inadequate as regards doc.  Nothing is
described/explained, starting with what "binhex" is.  Please provide
some description, at least in the doc strings and file commentary, and
perhaps in the manual if appropriate.

The _most_ explanation that exists for this library is this
acknowledgement in the Emacs manual:

 Shenghuo Zhu wrote `binhex.el', a package for reading and writing
 binhex files.

There needs to be some description somewhere of what a binhex file is
and of what you can do with this library's functions.

At least one or two lines (e.g. inspired from wikipedia), please.
Mention that it is (was?) for Mac OS and that it is similar to
Uuencode.


In GNU Emacs 24.0.50.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600)
 of 2010-11-22 on 3249CTO
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600
configured using `configure --with-gcc (4.4) --no-opt --cflags
-Ic:/imagesupport/include'
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From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 7482 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#7482: 24.0.50; binhex doc
Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2010 19:17:10 +0800

"Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:

> Library binhex.el is woefully inadequate as regards doc.

Fixed, thanks.  It's not necessary to document this in the manual, since
binhex is not a particularly prominent piece of software.
bug closed, send any further explanations to "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> Request was from Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Fri, 17 Dec 2010 11:12:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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